Small town + loud noise = late night action

Sometimes living in a small town isn't so bad.

After multiple attempts by me and the apartment manager to get the college kids upstairs to realize that they are being too loud, I finally had to call the police last night.

At around 12:30 I heard the noise starting to escalate, so I talked to the girl that lives there. She apologized profusely and said she would take care of it. By 12:45 it was so loud it woke a kid up. The last time I talked to the apartment manager she said that she couldn't do much more without as police report, so the next time they get loud to call, so I did.

The police came out and basically ripped the kid that answered the door a new one. He told him that this isn't a dorm, and that if it is their friends they need to learn to control them. It is their responsibility to make sure it is quiet.

The good/funny thing is that one of the officers that came out used to live here. When the kid told him that they were all students the officer said "And *Apartment manager* let you live here?" He told him that if he has to come out again he will either issue a citation or take him to jail.

After the police left the kid and I stood there and talked for about 1/2 an hour. I told him that I am sure they aren't loud because they are rude, or being jerks, but that I was sure they just didn't realize how much sound carried. I told him that I appreciate that they smoke in their garage, so that the smoke doesn't filter down into my apartment, but that when they are in there smoking they need to realize that the loud talking, laughing and screaming echoes down the cul-de-sac.

I also mentioned to him that I remember what it is like to be 19 and in your own place for the first time. I told him he is lucky that he lives above us, because most of the people around here not only don't remember what it was like to be 19, but have kids that don't remember what it was like to be 19. I put up with a lot more than they would have before I complained to the manager.

Anyway, he agreed to keep it down, and said that he would make sure that his roommates lived by the dorm rule of 11pm being quiet time.

I guess it pays to live in a town where nothing goes on and the cops take care of business!